Therapy for Tuberculosis: M. vaccae Inclusion into Routine Treatment

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) – an infectious airborne disease –is a re-emerging major global health problem. Each year, there are around nine million new cases of TB, and close to two million deaths among 14 million persons with active clinical disease. All countries are affected, but 85% of cases occur in Africa (30%) and Asia (55%), of which India and China alone represent 35% (World Health Organization, 2011).